---
id: 656cc833fe9c0611feeb5b26
title: Task 103
challengeType: 19
dashedName: task-103
---

<!--
AUDIO REFERENCE:
Sophie: Today, I'm going out. I can show you some places around here. Are you interested?
-->

# --description--

`Can` is a modal verb used to express abilities or possibilities. It indicates what someone is capable of doing.

# --question--

## --text--

What does Sophie express with the word `can`?

## --answers--

A request to show some places to Tom.

### --feedback--

`Can` can be used for polite requests, but in this context, Sophie is expressing her ability.

---

An obligation to show some places to Tom.

### --feedback--

`Can` doesn't express obligation.

---

An ability to show some places to Tom.

---

A past action

### --feedback--

`Can` is used to talk about abilities or possibilities in the present, not the past.

## --video-solution--

3

# --scene--

```json
{
  "setup": {
    "background": "company2-center.png",
    "characters": [
      {
        "character": "Sophie",
        "position": { "x": 50, "y": 0, "z": 1.4 },
        "opacity": 0
      }
    ],
    "audio": {
      "filename": "1.1-3.mp3",
      "startTime": 1,
      "startTimestamp": 8.2,
      "finishTimestamp": 12.7
    }
  },
  "commands": [
    {
      "character": "Sophie",
      "opacity": 1,
      "startTime": 0
    },
    {
      "character": "Sophie",
      "startTime": 1,
      "finishTime": 5.2,
      "dialogue": {
        "text": "Today, I'm going out. I can show you some places around here. Are you interested?",
        "align": "center"
      }
    },
    {
      "character": "Sophie",
      "opacity": 0,
      "startTime": 5.7
    }
  ]
}
```
